The Super Mates Podcast

It’s BACK!!! Chris and Cindy return to the House of Franklin-Stein!!! Our Halloween Horror series kicks off with a look at the classic Hammer film, The Vampire Lovers! Based on Sheridan Le Fanu’s “Carmilla”, Ingrid Pitt stars as a vampire with a lust for love…and blood! She targets young girls who she longs to make her own…in her own vampiric image, that is! Will Peter Cushing and a group of vampire hunters stop her in time?

 

Then we dig into the cobweb covered comic long boxes to read Action Comics Annual #1, by John Byrne, Art Adams and Dick Giordano. In this early Post-Crisis tale, the World’s Finest team of Superman and Batman must unite to face the unholy threat of a seemingly innocent young girl named “Skeeter”!

 

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Chris (aka Earth 2 Chris) co-hosts the Power Records Podcast with the esteemed Rob Kelly over at the Fire and Water Podcast feed!

 

Next time: Hollywood’s favorite lycanthrope Larry Talbot, aka the Wolf Man returns! And this time he’s got company! Bela Lugosi dons the neck bolts and flattop to battle Lon Chaney, Jr. in the Universal Horror classic, Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man! Plus a comic featuring one of these creepy creatures!

Chris and Cindy continue their Batman Animated talk with Ryan Daly (Secret Origins, Flowers & Fishnets, Dead Bothan Spies) but shift the focus to the NEW characters created specifically for the show. Who were the standouts? Which characters deserved more screen (or comic) time? And we refuse to do click bait, so we won’t mention Harley Quinn here. Wait…dagnabbit!!!

Then Chris and Cindy finally dig through the heaping pile of mail you’ve been kind enough to send them, and cover your feedback!

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Ryan’s podcasts

SecretOrigins Podcast

Flowers& Fishnets

Dead BothanSpies

Who were your favorite new characters introduced on the Animated Series? We’d love to read it aloud in an upcoming episode. Drop us a line in our comments section, or email us at [email protected]. If you're listening on iTunes, please consider leaving a review of our show! We’re also on Facebook!

Chris (aka Earth 2 Chris) co-hosts the Power Records Podcast with the esteemed Rob Kelly over at the Fire and Water Podcast feed!

Next time: It couldn’t be stopped! It refused to die! Chris and Cindy succumb to indescribable terror when they …Return to the House of Franklin-Stein!!! First up on the agenda is Hammer’s titillating adaptation of Sheridan Le Fanu’s “Carmilla”…The Vampire Lovers, starring Ingrid Pitt and Peter Cushing! Plus, in our comic section, Superman and Batman meet “Skeeter” from Action Comics Annual #1 by John Byrne, Art Adams and Dick Giordano!

Chris and Cindy are joined by podcasting pal Ryan Daly (Secret Origins, Flowers & Fishnets, Dead Bothan Spies) to comb the files of Arkham Asylum and Stonegate Prison, searching for the most improved villains from Batman: The Animated Series!

This Terrific Trio select five rogues each that they feel benefited the most from the incredible craftsmanship of Bruce Timm, Eric Radomski, Paul Dini, Alan Burnett and the rest of the classic BTAS crew!

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Ryan’s podcasts

Secret OriginsPodcast

Flowers& Fishnets

Dead BothanSpies

Who were your favorite and most improved Rogues on the Animated Series? We’d love to read it aloud in an upcoming episode. Drop us a line in our comments section, or email us at [email protected]. If you're listening on iTunes, please consider leaving a review of our show! We’re also on Facebook!

Chris (aka Earth 2 Chris) co-hosts the Power Records Podcast with the esteemed Rob Kelly over at the Fire and Water Podcast feed!

Next time: The animated discussion with Ryan continues, as we turn our attention to new characters created for the series! Plus, your feedback!

Chris and Cindy continue to examine The Adventures of Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty mini-series by Fabian Nicieza and Kevin Maguire. Steve Rogers continues his journey from skinny recruit to living legend. He is pulled further and further into the Red Skull’s plot to steal the secrets of Project: Rebirth! Along the way he and Bucky meet with death, betrayal, and Adolf Hitler himself!

What did Chris and Cindy think of the wrap-up? Did it meet the high standards set by the first two issues?

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Be sure to let us know what you think! Let your voice be heard! We’d love to read it aloud in an upcoming episode. Drop us a line in our comments section, or email us at [email protected]. If you're listening on iTunes, please consider leaving a review of our show! We’re also on Facebook!

Chris (aka Earth 2 Chris) co-hosts the Power Records Podcast with the esteemed Rob Kelly over at the Fire and Water Podcast feed!

Chris recently guested on the following shows:

Back to the Bins Episode #201 (with a brief cameo by Cindy)

Secret Origins Podcast Episode #6

The Film & Water Podcast Episode #4

Next time: Ryan Daly (Secret Origins podcast, Flowers & Fishnets, Dead Bothan Spies) drops by to discuss our favorite villains from Batman: The Animated Series!

Happy Independence Day! Chris and Cindy celebrate the 4th of July by looking at the first two issues of the 1991 mini-series The Adventures of Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty by Fabian Nicieza and Kevin Maguire. This 50th anniversary series explores in-depth the origins of Steve Rogers, and how he became the Star-Spangled Avenger. It also served as an inspiration to one of Chris and Cindy’s favorite films Captain America: The First Avenger! Learn why Steve Rogers volunteered for Project: Rebirth! Meet the other candidates who COULD have been America’s Super Soldier! Witness the carnage wrought by the evil Nazi Killing Squad! All this, Bucky Barnes and the Red Skull!!!

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Chris (aka Earth 2 Chris) co-hosts the Power Records Podcast with the esteemed Rob Kelly over at the Fire and Water Podcast feed!

Next time: We conclude our look at this epic mini-series! Action, heartbreak and red,white and blue adventure ensue!

Chris and Cindy hop in their Invisible Plane and head back to the disco era to check out the 2nd season opening tele-film for the 70s Wonder Woman TV series, retitled The New Adventures of Wonder Woman! Lynda Carter must leave Paradise Island once more, this time to help Lyle Wagonner’s Steve Trevor, Jr. stop a group of terrorists! What did the Super Mates think of the transition to the “modern” era? Does this episode hold up to the fabled World War II-centric first season? Only one way to know for sure!

Then it’s off to the comic rack, for DC’s Brand-New Wonder Woman ’77 comic, based on this version of the television series! Wonder Woman goes clubbin’ and runs afowl (get it) of the Silver Swan! Then in the second story, Diana Prince wakes up in a world that is not her own. If she’s not Wonder Woman, who is? Hmmm, I don’t know…maybe Cathy Lee Crosby?!?

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Be sure to let us know what you think! Let your voice be heard! We’d love to read it aloud in an upcoming episode. Drop us a line in our comments section, or email us at [email protected]. If you're listening on iTunes, please consider leaving a review of our show! We’re also on Facebook!

Chris (aka Earth 2 Chris) co-hosts the Power Records Podcast with the esteemed Rob Kelly over at the Fire and Water Podcast feed!

Next time: We celebrate the USA’s birthday with a look at the Star-Spangled Avenger himself, Captain America! Join us for our examination of the 1991 prestige format mini-series The Adventures of Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty!

Chris and Cindy journey back to Opal City, and beyond, to examine Starman #4-6. Jack Knight settles into his role of Starman, but learns that weirdness follows him wherever he goes. A chance encounter with a magical Hawaiian shirt leads to a confrontation with a gunman…and a resolution no super hero fan saw coming.

Then Jack has a chat with his brother David…who is dead. The two Knight boys bury the hatchet…and re-bury some bodies as their discussion leads to a full-blown Cosmic Rod slobberknocker.

Things settle down a bit, so Jack delves into the Shade’s Journal, for our first of many trips into “Time’s Past”.

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Chris’ guest spots on the following shows are now available:

Legendsof the Super Heroes hosted by Gene Hendricks

SecretOrigins Podcast hosted by Ryan Daly

Be sure to let us know what you think! Let your voice be heard! We’d love to read it aloud in an upcoming episode. Drop us a line in our comments section, or email us at [email protected]. If you're listening on iTunes, please consider leaving a review of our show! We’re also on Facebook!

Chris (aka Earth 2 Chris) co-hosts the Power Records Podcast with the esteemed Rob Kelly over at the Fire and Water Podcast feed!

Next time: We Wonder-Spin into DC’s brand-spankin’ new Wonder Woman ’77 Special, based on the classic Lynda Carter TV series. Plus, the second season premiere episode is discussed, where Princess Diana enters the disco era!

Chris, Cindy and son Andrew share their thoughts on The Flash season finale…in a Flash!!!

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Chris and Cindy are joined by Kyle Benning of King-Size Comics Giant-Size Fun to celebrate the work of prolific comics writer Gerry Conway. First they discuss Gerry’s recent tumbler posts conceringcreator equity, and what it means to him and other comic creators with vested interests in DC characters.

Then it’s off to examine Conway-penned tales from Superman Family #186 and 187. Lois Lane encounters a mad African dictator with a weapon powerful enough to bend the will of the Man of Steel! Then, the Superman of Earth-One and his Earth-Two counterpart must combine forces…and bodies(!) to defeat the inter-dimensional monster known only as Krogg, before he destroys Earth-One!

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This episode is part of the massive Conway’s Corner Crossover event (#ConwayXover), celebrating the work and career of Gerry Conway. Please check out these other fine podcasts and blogs who are participating!

Superman & Batman Podcast (Michael Bradley w/guest Aaron Moss) -

Vault Of Startling Monster Horror Tales Of Terror (Shawn Engel, Chris Honeywell, Luke Jaconetti, Chris “Hair-Metal Hero” Tyler, Jason Jaconetti)

Flowers & Fishnets (Ryan Daly)

Comic Book Time Machine (Ben Avery)

 

The Hammer Podcasts! (Gene Hendricks)

Superman Forever Radio (Bob Fisher)

 

Task Force X (Aaron “Head” Moss)

 

Head Speaks (Aaron “Head” Moss)

 

Quarter Bin Podcast (Alan Middleton)

 

Fire & Water Podcast (Rob Kelly and Irredeemable Shag)

 

LanternCast (Chad Bokelman and Mark Marble)

 

Pop Culture Affidavit (Tom Panarese)

King-Size Comics Giant-Size Fun (Kyle Benning, Rob Kelly)

From Kid to Flash (Mythmaking ETC) (Chris Ivey)

Hey Kids, Comics! (Andy and Micheal Leyland)

Between The Pages Blog (Karen Williams)

PLEASE NOTE: This episode was recorded on May 10th, 2015. Conway and DC’s discussions on creator equity have continued, and the story has evolved since then.

Be sure to let us know what you think! Let your voice be heard! We’d love to read it aloud in an upcoming episode. Drop us a line in our comments section, or email us at [email protected]. If you're listening on iTunes, please consider leaving a review of our show! We’re also on Facebook!

Chris (aka Earth 2 Chris) co-hosts the Power Records Podcast with the esteemed Rob Kelly over at the Fire and Water Podcast feed!

Next time: Chris and Cindy return to Opal City, with Part Two of The Starman Chronicles, covering James Robinson’s and Tony Harris’ Starman #4-6!

Chris and Cindy talk about the latest geeky movie trailers cracking the internet in half! They briefly touch on Ant-Man and Star Wars: The Force Awakens before digging in deep for the controversial Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice trailer. You’ll believe a man can use an anti-depressant!

Then it’s the main event: Spider-Man tries “…To Become An Avenger” from Amazing Spider-Man Annual #3 (1966). Chris and Cindy break down the story of Spidey’s first meeting with Earth’s Mightiest Heroes…just in time for a certain summer blockbuster featuring some long-underwear types! Also, the actual historic meeting acted out, just for you in the return of Super Mates Theater!

We wrap things up with feedback from you!

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Be sure to let us know what you think! Let your voice be heard! We’d love to read it aloud in an upcoming episode. Drop us a line in our comments section, or email us at [email protected]. If you're listening on iTunes, please consider leaving a review of our show! We’re also on Facebook!

Chris (aka Earth 2 Chris) co-hosts the Power Records Podcast with the esteemed Rob Kelly over at the Fire and Water Podcast feed!

Next time: Kyle Benning of King-Size Comics, Giant-Size Fun stops by as Super Mates joins the Conway’s Corner Crossover podcasting event! We discuss legendary writer Gerry Conway’s crusade for creator equity, and review a Conway-penned epic from Superman Family #186-187. The Supermen of Two Worlds must merge to face an unbeatable foe! #ConwayXover